IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre University of Southern Denmark Ivan Tyrsted Director Project funded by European Commission LLP Programme Leonardo Da Vinci TOI 2012-1-IT1-LEO05-02794, CUP G12F12000080006. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Pisa, 9/09/2014 IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark
Facts & figures Established 1966. Merger of 4 partners in 1998. Another 7 mergers since. Income, 2013: 366 mill. EUR 5 faculties: Eng., Science, Health, Hum., Soc. Sc. 6 campuses Academic staff, FTE: 2.175 Technical and adm. staff, FTE: 1.452 Students, no: 28.729 (of which from other countries: 4.466) Programs, no: 224 (of which in English: 83)
Faculties and campuses Faculty of Odense Kolding Esbjerg Sønderborg / Flensburg Slagelse Copenhagen Health Sciences Science Engineering Social Sciences Humanities
The Entrepreneurial University core characteristics Entrepreneurship research Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship teaching and training Entrepreneurial pedagogies New methods and tools Cross disciplinary approach Commercialization, incubation and outreach activities www.idea-sdu.dk
Learning outcomes Competence 1: Opportunity recognition and evaluation Competence 2: Starting and building a new organization Personality: Entrepreneurial mindset, behavior, intention www.idea-sdu.dk
Entrepreneurship education at SDU In 2013 35 courses, 2400 students enrolled Obligatory entrepreneurship courses for all business students and engineering students (bachelor level) Elective courses at many studies Specialization: BA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Master in Strategic Entrepreneurship; Master in Product Development & Innovation; Msc. Business & Innovation Science Innovator course for Ph.D. students (cross-disciplinary) Innovation oriented pedagogies & training activities for educators Non-curriculum activities: IDEA Summer Camp, Venture Cup, IDEA House activities, innovation camps with companies..
IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre Founded in 2005 a cross-campus and crossfaculty competence center
IDEAs mission Dissemination of entrepreneurship education across USD More entrepreneurship courses More non-curricula activities (camps, competitions etc) Improved educator competences Improved university-business collaboration (incl. alumni) www.idea-sdu.dk
IDEAs history Started by the Danish Government 2005 Funding 2005-09: 5 mio. Euro from Government, 2 mio. from private firms, 4 mio. from municipalities/regional authorities In 2010 transformed into an entrepreneurship centre at SDU Annual budget about 1 mio. Euro 80% external funding 27. september 2014 www.idea-sdu.dk
The IDEA Team Kolding Torben Bager, professor/director Ivan Tyrsted, director and facilitator Lone Toftild, exe. officer and facilitator Gitte Jørgensen, accounting Bodil Høeg, administration Kristine Jensen, student assistent Kasper Lundsgaard, student assistent Odense Jan Bendtsen, Head of Section Pernille Petersen, project manager Jes Bønnelykke, project manager Jakob Teislev, student assistant Sønderborg Ken Thomsen, development consultant and facilitator Marie Frederiksen, student assistent
IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre Is a cross-campus and cross-faculty competence centre at the University of Southern Denmark Foster innovation & entrepreneurship education and training. Organizes regular entrepreneurship courses at the Masters and Ph.D. level Non-curriculum activities such as university-business events, start-up facilitation etc. Provides training support and tools national & international Works closely with external partners such as entrepreneurs, business leaders, advisers and investors.
University-Business collaboration Student creativity/innovation camps in companies, mainly SMEs Business people involvement in courses and mentoring activities Student start-up programs, attached to regional clusters (incl. Welfare Tech cluster) Training programs for alumni, academic associations Training & Development Programs for Business Groups, typically aligned with clusters New two-level incubator environment in Odense (Cortex)
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IDEA s role: inspire connect develop
Student pre-incubator IDEA house: Business Plan Camp, Summer School mv. Karrieredage for studerende - iværksætterkarrieren 11. semester fag forår og efterår First Thursday events for forskere, studerende, iværksættere, erhvervsfolk Science innovator ph.d. kursus Underviserworkshops Forskningsformidling IværksætterDagen 2011 i Odense
4 progressive steps Help & mentoring Network & events TOGETHER WE CAN REACH THE TOP
Thank you -For a great project - for great cooperation between all partners - The EEC Project HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AGAIN! Project funded by European Commission LLP Programme Leonardo Da Vinci TOI 2012-1-IT1-LEO05-02794, CUP G12F12000080006. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Pisa, 9/09/2014 IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre University of Southern Denmark